I enjoy being back in the sun and away from cold England for a few days. We have been living in Durham for the past couple of weeks, at my boyfriends parents house. It is incredibly sweet of them, letting us stay while Fergus and I plan our exciting upcoming trips. We are already flying back to England tomorrow morning, so we love and enjoy every minute here in the sun before we return to the cold. My boyfriend and I picked up his sister from the train station Friday afternoon and just drove her back to catch the train back to Madrid where she lives.

It has been incredibly nice for both my boyfriend and I to spend some time with his family, and we have a lovely evening left with his grand parents. As you can see from the photos, we are staying at a lovely resort by the water. It’s super beautiful, and I love the delicate, dusty colors.

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It’s nice to be able to jump into my summer clothes again for a short while. When I was packing my suitcase for this weekend, it really made me look forward to hot and sunny days with long evenings outside with close friends. Although I love winter and still have a lot of cold days ahead of now when my boyfriend and I are going to Norway and incredibly cold Finland here in just a couple of weeks. I truly must pack my absolut warmest clothes for that trip. In Finland there’s currently – 7 degrees and in the evening down to – 12! I have therefore last week bought myself a pair of super warm boots from Sorel, which should be incredibly good in the cold.

My white blouse is from H&M. You might have seen it hundred of times. It is one of my favorites, and where ever I travel to, I always make sure I bring it with me. It is perfect with both denim shorts, skirts, loose summer pants like these and I adore it with my denim dungarees. I am actually on the hunt for a similar one, since mine is sadly very worn out.

I unfortunately can’t take the credit for the cute straw hat, it’s one I’ve borrowed from Fergus grandmother. I love it! The beautiful colored silk ribbon and the round top makes it elegant and feminine. After I have borrowed this beautiful hat over the weekend, I realized that I needed to get myself one of these for our upcoming travels. Not only is it super adorable, but it will also help me keep the sun out of my face, which is a constant problem for me, as I struggle with pigmentation flaws.

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When Fergus and I packed our apartment down in boxes I was stupid enough to forget to save some of our books so that we can take them with us when we travel. I therefore bought this book at the airport when we flew to Spain; The Art of Life Admin written by Elizabeth Emens. It is supposed to be incredibly good, and I love reading books that can “educate” and help me in my everyday life. The phrase that caught me was: How To Do Less, Do It Better, and Live More. Those who have read it say that after reading it you will get several hours left of your life. Every day, admin steals a lot of our time every single day, which is precious time that we instead can spend on working out, caring for our relationship, call our girlfriends, friends or have some more time left for me-time. This book should educate us in how to reduce our everyday admin.

I am very much looking forward to reading it, because I think I will find it very useful, because I feel as if I daily waste a lot of time on admin, and would like to learn how to reduce that time and spend it on something I value higher.